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Rep. David Young likes to say the people of Iowa are his “bosses.” On March 3, I had a one-on-one meeting with Young for 30 minutes. He told me it is hard to do much as a single member of Congress. I reminded him that if he feels powerless, he should imagine how regular citizens feel.

I commended him for now acknowledging that the Affordable Care Act has benefited thousands of people and for talking about fixing problems in the legislation rather than repealing it wholesale. We talked about his self-proclaimed “symbolic” votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act during Obama’s tenure. As his “boss,” I told him I wish he would have directed his energy on creating solutions for our health care problems, rather than symbolically voting to repeal a bill he now admits is helping his constituents.

At the end of the day, though, it was hard to pick one single ask to make. From Islamophobia to “alternative facts,” there are simply too many gut-wrenching concerns to list. I could call his office every day for the rest of his term and never cover everything I want him to do to resist the Trump agenda.

My goal was to let him see me as a human and to do the same of him. I came to the meeting as a mother who is scared for the country Trump and the rest of the GOP will create for my two young boys. I wanted to convey just how deeply concerned regular Iowans are about what is going on in Washington. I respectfully asked that he show us, his constituents, what he stands for and whether he is willing to put what is right above his party.